Police: Children held at gunpoint during home-invasion robbery

Two children were held at gunpoint Tuesday night during a home-invasion robbery, Amarillo police said.

No injuries were reported, Sgt. Brent Barbee said.

Two armed, masked men entered a residence about 8:45 p.m. on the 1600 block of North Arthur Street while a woman and her three children were at home, Barbee said. One of her children was held at gunpoint, police said, while the suspects demanded money.

When the woman said she didn’t have her purse on hand, another child was held at gunpoint.

After taking the woman’s purse and cellphone, both men left and ran toward the alley, where officers said they later located the phone.

Barbee said no arrests have been made, and the purse has not been recovered.

The Amarillo Police Department asks anyone with information on this robbery to contact Amarillo Crime Stoppers at 806-374-4400.